Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River. It is located near the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea. They used it for multiple things such as drinking water, transportation, irrigating, and for bathing. The Egyptians were probably the first people in the world to invent a boat and a sail. The Nile flows North (only in the river in the world that does) and every July it floods, then every October it leaves behind rich soil. Managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation. The Egyptians probably the first people in the world to have a calendar (or a good track of time)in order to be able to know when the floods where coming.
Slaves/Servants helped the wealthy with household and child raising duties. Farmers raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions and benefited from irrigation from the Nile. Artisans/Craftsmen carved statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife. The money/barter system was used; merchants might accept bags of grain for payment, but later coinage came about. Scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poetry describing anatomy and medical treatments; they wrote in hieroglyphic and in hieratic.
The Great Sphinx of Giza was built 2555/2532 B.C. The structure is a recumbent lion with a human's head.
The oldest monumental statue in the world still in existence and good shape.
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